{"id":312768,"date":"2023-10-23T07:06:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T07:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/meshing-a-semi-elliptical-crack\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T07:06:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T07:06:44","slug":"meshing-a-semi-elliptical-crack","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/meshing-a-semi-elliptical-crack\/","title":{"rendered":"meshing a semi-elliptical crack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>My question relates to the mesh decisions when defining a semi-elliptical crack.<br \/>I studied tha ANSYS Mechanical Handbook, but there are a few questions left:<\/p>\n<p>What exactly does the &#8220;largest contour radius&#8221;? What happens if I choose it to small or to big, or what would be a good default, if my model is 100mmx100mmx10mm?<\/p>\n<p>How to choose between Tetraedron or Hex-Dominant for the crack mesh, are there pros and cons?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for your help and have a good day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-312768","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["40791","157520"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.146"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1506"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["312768"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["40791","157520"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["314154"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["314154"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-10-31 14:34:57"]},"test":"ge26zepmytum-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/312768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/312768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}